Four Years After Seroconversion, an HIV-Infected Patient Has a CD4

Four years after seroconversion, an HIV-infected patient has a CD4+ cell count of 800/µl and a low viral load. The nurse teaches the patient that

A) the patient is at risk for development of opportunistic infections because of CD4+
Cell destruction.
B) the patient is in a clinical and biologic latent period, during which very few viruses are being replicated.
C) anti-HIV antibodies produced by B cells enter CD4+ cells infected with HIV to stop replication of viruses in the cells.
D) the body currently is able to produce an adequate number of CD4+ cells to replace those destroyed by viral activity.

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